Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
August 29, 2008
Status:
Completed
Summary:
TMS Entertainment adapted the manga into a movie entitled Cobra: Space Adventure. Manga Entertainment then released the film — adapted into English as Space Adventure Cobra by Urban Vision Entertainment and translated by the original Japanese company. The series was later adapted into an anime series, an alternate retelling of the movie. The anime adaptation, Space Cobra began airing by TMS Entertainment 1982, the same year the anime was announced. The anime was directed by Osamu Dezaki and produced by Tatsuo Ikeuchi. The Space Cobra anime was released in box-set form, sub-titled "Perfect Collection". In 2000, the series was released in a DVD box set. In addition to the movie, Space Cobra was released in English by Urban Vision Entertainment under the same title as the film. Space Cobra was licensed into French by Olivier Constantin and into Spanish by Roberto Alexander. Also, the series has spawned two follow-up original anime adaptations and one TV series which were put under the Cobra the Animation line. The first of the series was Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun, a sequel of the original anime series, followed by its sequel OVA Cobra the Animation: Time Drive, in turn followed by the anime series Cobra the Animation: Rokunin no Yūshi. All three of the anime were made for the series' 30th anniversary.
